August 24, 2009 – 8:11 am
It’s great to see the Padres sign all their top draft picks this year. First-round pick Donavan Tate (whom I was fortunate enough to meet last week, but we’ll get to that in a moment) took batting practice with the big club Tuesday night and impressed the veterans with his “respect and humility.”
Tom Krasovic provides [...]
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February 13, 2009 – 6:52 am
It occurs to me that I haven’t provided a book update in a while. We’re getting real close. I’m doing some last-minute rewrites on one of the chapters, and this weekend Mrs. Ducksnorts and I will edit the whole beast. Then I just need to create the subject index and finalize the cover, so if [...]
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Also tagged barry bonds, baseball prospectus, bud selig, ducksnorts, hank aaron, hardball times, kool aid, mlb, paul depodesta, rewriting history, steroids, usa today
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January 27, 2009 – 5:30 am
Couple things. First off, I’m pleased to announce that The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009 is now available (details from David Gassko, our editor). I contributed the chapter on the Padres. Buy the book. It rocks. And it’ll give you something to read while you’re waiting for my book.
Second, the Seamheads Historical League [...]
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Also tagged andy benes, bruce hurst, hardball times, jake peavy, jonah keri, patrick ryan, randy-jones, roberto alomar, sam mellinger, scott linebrink, steve finley, trevor hoffman
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February 8, 2008 – 7:39 am
I’ve been meaning to thank everyone for submitting such great links for these every week. Not to sound all “big league” or whatever, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to keep track of the conversations taking place out there in the ether. So to those of you who drop links (or any comments, really) [...]
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Petco Pix
Spent three hours touring the park yesterday. Initial reactions:
The stadium has a very open feel to it. The marketing folks have been saying that Petco takes advantage of what San Diego has to offer and they’re not kidding. Where the Q felt a bit monolithic and claustrophobic (particularly after the lone view of Mission Valley [...]